Rail-anchor tie plate



Dec. 2a, 1926. r 1,611,949

C. C. RICKER 'RAIL ANCHOR TIE PLATE Filed March 22, 1926 1 a nr nnnnnnln E 5' IZ ATTORNEYS v INVENTOR 5 C. C. Baker BY M(o- Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

CONNY CLYDE HIGHER, OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.

RAIL-ANCHOR TIE PLATE.-

Application filed March .22, 1926.

My invention relates to improvements in rail anchor tie plates, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which will prevent movement of a rail in any direction.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which can readily be applied to a rail and secured to a railway tie by any system of spiking.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularl pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the railway track, showing the device applied to the rails,

Figure 3 is a modified form of the device,

Figure 4 is a modified form of the device, and

Figure 5 is a plan View of the modification shown in Figure l, as applied to a railway track.

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a rectangular support 1 having apertures 2 and 3 formed therethrough. The upper surface of tie support is provided with integrail abutting; flanges 4t. A pair of resilient lugs f are integral with the support 1 and are of the shape shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing; description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. To apply the device to a rail indicated at A, the rail is raised a sutficientdistance to permit the support to be pushed underneath the rail until the lugs 5 strike the portion B of the rail base. Then, by striking either the resilient: lugs or the end of the support Serial No. 96,576.

adjacent the lugs, the support is driven further beneath the all base to such an extent that the abutting flanges on the opposite side of the support will clear the opposite side of the rail base and come up on the side thereof. Spikes are then placed in either one or all of the apertures 2 and 3, and the support rigidly secured to a tie. By applying a plurality of the devices to each rail, as shown in Figure 2, the rail is positively held against movement in any direction. The device is so applied to the rails that the resilient lugs 5 will be upon the inside. In this manner, the rails are more firmly held upon the inside, the reason for this being that the force upon a rail is in an outward direction.

The main object of the device is to prcvent longitudinal movement of the rail, but the device is so constructed as to prevent the rail from moving in any direction,

in Figure 3, I have shown a modified form of the device comprising a rectangular sup port 6 having apertures 7 and 8 formed therethrough. The upper surface of the support 6 is provided with integral abutting flanges 9 and an elongated resilient plate 10.

In Figure 4, I have shown another modilied form of the device which is similar in construction to the device shown in Figure 1. with the exception of the resilient lugs. The modified form shown in Figure at has but one resilient lug 11 which is disposed near the center of the support 12. In Figure 5 l havi shown this device applied to rails.

I claim:

The combination with a railway tie, of a rail anchor tie plate having four apertures formed therethrough for permitting said plate to be secured to said railway tie, abutting flanges in alignment with two of said apertures, and resilient lugs hent upwardly and backwardly ior rigidly holding a rail.

CONNY CLYDE RICKER. 

